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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264421
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we're cooked unless the race hits the time limit.


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264423
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Oracle reeling them in slowly.

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264424
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Wind 280 at 10.8 kts, 11.6 kts peak


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264425
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Why oh why did Oracle sail low and slow? GAH!

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264426
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Kiwis will go on a killing spree if they fall outside the time limit by a few minutes.

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264427
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I can't watch. Its like a slow motion train wreck.

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264428
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I don't know if they'll get in, in time?

Certainly plenty of drama this AC!


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264429
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7 minutes to finish, don't see it happening


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264430
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Just 7 minutes.

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264431
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Its the best damn AC in history - and the kiwis are totally going to throw out everything having to do with it.

ACEA will be gone... an independent body that governs the event? WHO NEEDS THAT? Legitimacy in the eyes of the world media? NAWWW... I mean.. the NFL doesn't need a commissioner - why does the AC require an independent governing body?

Look for the kiwis to institute strict nationality rules so that they hold the cup in perpetuity.

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264432
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Virtual eye has been very informative for this race


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264433
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Come oooooonnnnn time limit. Only chance.....

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264434
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No way the kiwis will finish.


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264435
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oooh, heard some cursing in the backround on NZ.


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264436
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I can just hear the locals saying "its not normally like this".

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264437
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will they be able to actually do another race? :P

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264438
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Wow, has anyone on Oracle ever raced a catamaran downwind in light air???


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: Timbo] #264439
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Originally Posted by Timbo
Wow, has anyone on Oracle ever raced a catamaran downwind in light air???


I could just imagine Ashby on ETNZ saying "here guys let me handle this" and heating up like they're supposed to on a multihull.

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264440
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Wind 230 at 10.3 kts, 13.4 kts peak


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: ThunderMuffin] #264442
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Originally Posted by Undecided
Originally Posted by Timbo
Wow, has anyone on Oracle ever raced a catamaran downwind in light air???


I could just imagine Ashby on ETNZ saying "here guys let me handle this" and heating up like they're supposed to on a multihull.

There is a point where heading up just doesn't work anymore though (with F18s anyway).
Sometimes sailing low really works, but the AC72's sails are just too flat for this.

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